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Isaiah 23 · Grade 4

The Market of Nations

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Isaiah 23 is "The burden of Tyre." Tyre was a wealthy Phoenician port. Isaiah called it "the market of nations," a city "whose merchants are princes." Ships from Tarshish carried its goods across the sea.

When the news came that Tyre had fallen, the ships of Tarshish would wail. Isaiah asked, "Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns?" The answer: "Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory." No city is too rich for God to humble.

Tyre would be forgotten seventy years. Afterward, God would visit Tyre, and it would trade again. But this time, "Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh." Its wealth would feed and clothe those who dwell before Yahweh.

Show What You Know

  1. What was Tyre?

  2. Who planned the fall of Tyre, and why?

  3. How long would Tyre be forgotten?

  4. What would happen to Tyre's wealth afterward?

Think About It

  1. Tyre was proud of its money. How can you keep money from becoming the thing you are proud of?

  2. Tyre's wealth would one day be holiness to Yahweh. How can you use what you have to serve God and others?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.”

Isaiah 23:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for humbling the proud. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What was the market of nations?
  • How can you be honest when you buy and sell?

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